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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Gordon Hill, Thomas Rongen, Victor Nogueira, Scoop Stanisic, Hayden Knight, Frank Klopas, Dave MacWilliams, Victor Moreland, David Masur, Robert Meschbach, Cris Vaccaro, Erich Geyer, Manuel Rojas, Greg Ryan, Oscar Albuquerque, Gerry Gray, Derek Spalding, Hubert Birkenmeier, Andrew Parkinson, Paul Krumpe, Greg Ion, Ricardo Alonso, Tony Bono, Ben Collins, Charlie Fajkus, Peter Knezic, Gary Collier, Tim Twellman, Drew Ferguson, Rudy Glenn, Patricio Margetic, Ernie Buriano, Neill Roberts, Dale Russell, Bret Hall, Karl-Heinz Granitza, Tasso Koutsoukos, Victor Kodelja, Frantz Mathieu, Dave Huson, Ivan Belfiore, Mike Twellman, Germain Iglesias, Lou Cioffi, Pat McGauley, John Tyma, Val Fernandes, Paul Coffee, Heinz Wirtz, Mark Simanton, Mike Laschev. Excerpt: Gordon Alec Hill (born 1 April 1954 in Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Millwall, Manchester United, Derby County and Queens Park Rangers, and was capped six times for the England national team. In 1971, Hill began his club career with Staines Town F.C. of the Athenian League as a seventeen year old. In 1972, he moved to Southall F.C., playing a few youth games there while his brother was on trial at the club. He drew the attention of Millwall F.C. and signed with them in 1973. Known to The Lions fans as Merlin, Hill had outstanding skill that earned him wide recognition. The Millwall youngster entertained the fans with some incredible shooting and dribbling and it was not long before scouts from the big clubs noticed him. He played 91 league games for Millwall, scoring 22 goals. After spending the summer of 1975 on loan with the North American Soccer League's Chicago Sting, and being named All League, Hill subsequently signed for Manchester United in November 1975 for 70,000, a massive bargain for man...